diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_eip_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_eip_test.go
index 0a72af4f4..d99801db9 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_eip_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/resource_aws_eip_test.go
@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@ func testAccCheckAWSEIPAttributes(conf *ec2.Address) resource.TestCheckFunc {
 			return fmt.Errorf("empty public_ip")
 		}
 
-		if conf.PrivateIpAddress != "" {
-			return fmt.Errorf("should not have private_ip for non-vpc")
-		}
-
 		return nil
 	}
 }